dbus.lowlevel module

Low-level interface to D-Bus.

class dbus.lowlevel.ErrorMessage(reply_to: Message, error_name: str, error_message: str or None)

Bases: dbus.lowlevel.Message

An error message.

append(*args, **kwargs)

Set the message’s arguments from the positional parameter, according to the signature given by the signature keyword parameter.

The following type conversions are supported:

D-Bus (in signature)

Python

boolean (b)

any object (via bool())

byte (y)

string of length 1 any integer

any integer type

any integer

double (d)

any float

object path

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

string, signature, object path

str (must be UTF-8) or unicode

dict (a{…})

any mapping

array (a…)

any iterable over appropriate objects

struct ((…))

any iterable over appropriate objects

variant

any object above (guess type as below)

Here ‘any integer’ means anything on which int() or long() (as appropriate) will work, except for basestring subclasses. ‘Any float’ means anything on which float() will work, except for basestring subclasses.

If there is no signature, guess from the arguments using the static method Message.guess_signature.

copy() -> Message (or subclass)

Deep-copy the message, resetting the serial number to zero.

get_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Get allow interactive authorization flag.

get_args_list(**kwargs) list

Return the message’s arguments. Keyword arguments control the translation of D-Bus types to Python:

Keywords
byte_arraysbool

If true, convert arrays of byte (signature ‘ay’) into dbus.ByteArray, a str subclass. In practice, this is usually what you want, but it’s off by default for consistency.

If false (default), convert them into a dbus.Array of Bytes.

Most of the type mappings should be fairly obvious:

D-Bus

Python

byte (y)

dbus.Byte (int subclass)

bool (b)

dbus.Boolean (int subclass)

Signature (g)

dbus.Signature (str subclass)

intNN, uintNN

dbus.IntNN, dbus.UIntNN (int or long subclasses)

double (d)

dbus.Double

string (s)

dbus.String (unicode subclass) (or dbus.UTF8String, bytes subclass, if utf8_strings set)

Object path (o)

dbus.ObjectPath (str subclass)

dict (a{…})

dbus.Dictionary

array (a…)

dbus.Array (list subclass) containing appropriate types

byte array (ay)

dbus.ByteArray (str subclass) if byte_arrays set; or list of Byte

struct ((…))

dbus.Struct (tuple subclass) of appropriate types

variant (v)

contained type, but with variant_level > 0

get_auto_start() bool

Return true if this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

get_destination() str or None

Return the message’s destination bus name, or None if none.

get_error_name() str or None
get_interface() str or None
get_member() str or None
get_no_reply() bool

Return true if this message need not be replied to.

get_path() ObjectPath or None

Return the message’s destination object path (if it’s a method call) or source object path (if it’s a method reply or a signal) or None (if it has no path).

get_path_decomposed() list of str, or None

Return a list of path components (e.g. /foo/bar -> [‘foo’,’bar’], / -> []) or None if the message has no associated path.

get_reply_serial() long

Returns the serial that the message is a reply to or 0 if none.

get_sender() str or None

Return the message’s sender unique name, or None if none.

get_serial() long

Returns the serial of a message or 0 if none has been specified.

The message’s serial number is provided by the application sending the message and is used to identify replies to this message. All messages received on a connection will have a serial, but messages you haven’t sent yet may return 0.

get_signature() Signature or None
get_type() int

Returns the type of the message.

static guess_signature(*args) Signature [static method]

Guess a D-Bus signature which should be used to encode the given Python objects.

The signature is constructed as follows:

Python

D-Bus

D-Bus type, variant_level > 0

variant (v)

D-Bus type, variant_level == 0

the corresponding type

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

object path

bool

boolean (y)

any other int subclass

int32 (i)

any other long subclass

int64 (x)

any other float subclass

double (d)

any other str subclass

string (s)

any other unicode subclass

string (s)

any other tuple subclass

struct ((…))

any other list subclass

array (a…), guess contents’ type according to type of first item

any other dict subclass

dict (a{…}), guess key, value type according to types for an arbitrary item

anything else

raise TypeError

has_destination(bus_name: str) bool
has_interface(interface: str or None) bool
has_member(name: str or None) bool
has_path(name: str or None) bool
has_sender(unique_name: str) bool
has_signature(signature: str) bool
is_error(error: str) bool
is_method_call(interface: str, member: str) bool
is_signal(interface: str, member: str) bool
set_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Set allow interactive authorization flag to this message.

set_auto_start(bool) None

Set whether this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

set_destination(bus_name: str or None)
set_error_name(name: str or None)
set_interface(name: str or None)
set_member(unique_name: str or None)
set_no_reply(bool) None

Set whether no reply to this message is required.

set_path(name: str or None)
set_reply_serial(bool) None

Set the serial that this message is a reply to.

set_sender(unique_name: str or None)
class dbus.lowlevel.Message

Bases: object

A message to be sent or received over a D-Bus Connection.

append(*args, **kwargs)

Set the message’s arguments from the positional parameter, according to the signature given by the signature keyword parameter.

The following type conversions are supported:

D-Bus (in signature)

Python

boolean (b)

any object (via bool())

byte (y)

string of length 1 any integer

any integer type

any integer

double (d)

any float

object path

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

string, signature, object path

str (must be UTF-8) or unicode

dict (a{…})

any mapping

array (a…)

any iterable over appropriate objects

struct ((…))

any iterable over appropriate objects

variant

any object above (guess type as below)

Here ‘any integer’ means anything on which int() or long() (as appropriate) will work, except for basestring subclasses. ‘Any float’ means anything on which float() will work, except for basestring subclasses.

If there is no signature, guess from the arguments using the static method Message.guess_signature.

copy() -> Message (or subclass)

Deep-copy the message, resetting the serial number to zero.

get_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Get allow interactive authorization flag.

get_args_list(**kwargs) list

Return the message’s arguments. Keyword arguments control the translation of D-Bus types to Python:

Keywords
byte_arraysbool

If true, convert arrays of byte (signature ‘ay’) into dbus.ByteArray, a str subclass. In practice, this is usually what you want, but it’s off by default for consistency.

If false (default), convert them into a dbus.Array of Bytes.

Most of the type mappings should be fairly obvious:

D-Bus

Python

byte (y)

dbus.Byte (int subclass)

bool (b)

dbus.Boolean (int subclass)

Signature (g)

dbus.Signature (str subclass)

intNN, uintNN

dbus.IntNN, dbus.UIntNN (int or long subclasses)

double (d)

dbus.Double

string (s)

dbus.String (unicode subclass) (or dbus.UTF8String, bytes subclass, if utf8_strings set)

Object path (o)

dbus.ObjectPath (str subclass)

dict (a{…})

dbus.Dictionary

array (a…)

dbus.Array (list subclass) containing appropriate types

byte array (ay)

dbus.ByteArray (str subclass) if byte_arrays set; or list of Byte

struct ((…))

dbus.Struct (tuple subclass) of appropriate types

variant (v)

contained type, but with variant_level > 0

get_auto_start() bool

Return true if this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

get_destination() str or None

Return the message’s destination bus name, or None if none.

get_error_name() str or None
get_interface() str or None
get_member() str or None
get_no_reply() bool

Return true if this message need not be replied to.

get_path() ObjectPath or None

Return the message’s destination object path (if it’s a method call) or source object path (if it’s a method reply or a signal) or None (if it has no path).

get_path_decomposed() list of str, or None

Return a list of path components (e.g. /foo/bar -> [‘foo’,’bar’], / -> []) or None if the message has no associated path.

get_reply_serial() long

Returns the serial that the message is a reply to or 0 if none.

get_sender() str or None

Return the message’s sender unique name, or None if none.

get_serial() long

Returns the serial of a message or 0 if none has been specified.

The message’s serial number is provided by the application sending the message and is used to identify replies to this message. All messages received on a connection will have a serial, but messages you haven’t sent yet may return 0.

get_signature() Signature or None
get_type() int

Returns the type of the message.

static guess_signature(*args) Signature [static method]

Guess a D-Bus signature which should be used to encode the given Python objects.

The signature is constructed as follows:

Python

D-Bus

D-Bus type, variant_level > 0

variant (v)

D-Bus type, variant_level == 0

the corresponding type

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

object path

bool

boolean (y)

any other int subclass

int32 (i)

any other long subclass

int64 (x)

any other float subclass

double (d)

any other str subclass

string (s)

any other unicode subclass

string (s)

any other tuple subclass

struct ((…))

any other list subclass

array (a…), guess contents’ type according to type of first item

any other dict subclass

dict (a{…}), guess key, value type according to types for an arbitrary item

anything else

raise TypeError

has_destination(bus_name: str) bool
has_interface(interface: str or None) bool
has_member(name: str or None) bool
has_path(name: str or None) bool
has_sender(unique_name: str) bool
has_signature(signature: str) bool
is_error(error: str) bool
is_method_call(interface: str, member: str) bool
is_signal(interface: str, member: str) bool
set_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Set allow interactive authorization flag to this message.

set_auto_start(bool) None

Set whether this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

set_destination(bus_name: str or None)
set_error_name(name: str or None)
set_interface(name: str or None)
set_member(unique_name: str or None)
set_no_reply(bool) None

Set whether no reply to this message is required.

set_path(name: str or None)
set_reply_serial(bool) None

Set the serial that this message is a reply to.

set_sender(unique_name: str or None)
class dbus.lowlevel.MethodCallMessage(destination: str or None, path: str, interface: str or None, method: str)

Bases: dbus.lowlevel.Message

A method-call message.

destination is the destination bus name, or None to send the message directly to the peer (usually the bus daemon).

path is the object-path of the object whose method is to be called.

interface is the interface qualifying the method name, or None to omit the interface from the message header.

method is the method name (member name).

append(*args, **kwargs)

Set the message’s arguments from the positional parameter, according to the signature given by the signature keyword parameter.

The following type conversions are supported:

D-Bus (in signature)

Python

boolean (b)

any object (via bool())

byte (y)

string of length 1 any integer

any integer type

any integer

double (d)

any float

object path

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

string, signature, object path

str (must be UTF-8) or unicode

dict (a{…})

any mapping

array (a…)

any iterable over appropriate objects

struct ((…))

any iterable over appropriate objects

variant

any object above (guess type as below)

Here ‘any integer’ means anything on which int() or long() (as appropriate) will work, except for basestring subclasses. ‘Any float’ means anything on which float() will work, except for basestring subclasses.

If there is no signature, guess from the arguments using the static method Message.guess_signature.

copy() -> Message (or subclass)

Deep-copy the message, resetting the serial number to zero.

get_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Get allow interactive authorization flag.

get_args_list(**kwargs) list

Return the message’s arguments. Keyword arguments control the translation of D-Bus types to Python:

Keywords
byte_arraysbool

If true, convert arrays of byte (signature ‘ay’) into dbus.ByteArray, a str subclass. In practice, this is usually what you want, but it’s off by default for consistency.

If false (default), convert them into a dbus.Array of Bytes.

Most of the type mappings should be fairly obvious:

D-Bus

Python

byte (y)

dbus.Byte (int subclass)

bool (b)

dbus.Boolean (int subclass)

Signature (g)

dbus.Signature (str subclass)

intNN, uintNN

dbus.IntNN, dbus.UIntNN (int or long subclasses)

double (d)

dbus.Double

string (s)

dbus.String (unicode subclass) (or dbus.UTF8String, bytes subclass, if utf8_strings set)

Object path (o)

dbus.ObjectPath (str subclass)

dict (a{…})

dbus.Dictionary

array (a…)

dbus.Array (list subclass) containing appropriate types

byte array (ay)

dbus.ByteArray (str subclass) if byte_arrays set; or list of Byte

struct ((…))

dbus.Struct (tuple subclass) of appropriate types

variant (v)

contained type, but with variant_level > 0

get_auto_start() bool

Return true if this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

get_destination() str or None

Return the message’s destination bus name, or None if none.

get_error_name() str or None
get_interface() str or None
get_member() str or None
get_no_reply() bool

Return true if this message need not be replied to.

get_path() ObjectPath or None

Return the message’s destination object path (if it’s a method call) or source object path (if it’s a method reply or a signal) or None (if it has no path).

get_path_decomposed() list of str, or None

Return a list of path components (e.g. /foo/bar -> [‘foo’,’bar’], / -> []) or None if the message has no associated path.

get_reply_serial() long

Returns the serial that the message is a reply to or 0 if none.

get_sender() str or None

Return the message’s sender unique name, or None if none.

get_serial() long

Returns the serial of a message or 0 if none has been specified.

The message’s serial number is provided by the application sending the message and is used to identify replies to this message. All messages received on a connection will have a serial, but messages you haven’t sent yet may return 0.

get_signature() Signature or None
get_type() int

Returns the type of the message.

static guess_signature(*args) Signature [static method]

Guess a D-Bus signature which should be used to encode the given Python objects.

The signature is constructed as follows:

Python

D-Bus

D-Bus type, variant_level > 0

variant (v)

D-Bus type, variant_level == 0

the corresponding type

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

object path

bool

boolean (y)

any other int subclass

int32 (i)

any other long subclass

int64 (x)

any other float subclass

double (d)

any other str subclass

string (s)

any other unicode subclass

string (s)

any other tuple subclass

struct ((…))

any other list subclass

array (a…), guess contents’ type according to type of first item

any other dict subclass

dict (a{…}), guess key, value type according to types for an arbitrary item

anything else

raise TypeError

has_destination(bus_name: str) bool
has_interface(interface: str or None) bool
has_member(name: str or None) bool
has_path(name: str or None) bool
has_sender(unique_name: str) bool
has_signature(signature: str) bool
is_error(error: str) bool
is_method_call(interface: str, member: str) bool
is_signal(interface: str, member: str) bool
set_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Set allow interactive authorization flag to this message.

set_auto_start(bool) None

Set whether this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

set_destination(bus_name: str or None)
set_error_name(name: str or None)
set_interface(name: str or None)
set_member(unique_name: str or None)
set_no_reply(bool) None

Set whether no reply to this message is required.

set_path(name: str or None)
set_reply_serial(bool) None

Set the serial that this message is a reply to.

set_sender(unique_name: str or None)
class dbus.lowlevel.MethodReturnMessage(method_call: MethodCallMessage)

Bases: dbus.lowlevel.Message

A method-return message.

append(*args, **kwargs)

Set the message’s arguments from the positional parameter, according to the signature given by the signature keyword parameter.

The following type conversions are supported:

D-Bus (in signature)

Python

boolean (b)

any object (via bool())

byte (y)

string of length 1 any integer

any integer type

any integer

double (d)

any float

object path

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

string, signature, object path

str (must be UTF-8) or unicode

dict (a{…})

any mapping

array (a…)

any iterable over appropriate objects

struct ((…))

any iterable over appropriate objects

variant

any object above (guess type as below)

Here ‘any integer’ means anything on which int() or long() (as appropriate) will work, except for basestring subclasses. ‘Any float’ means anything on which float() will work, except for basestring subclasses.

If there is no signature, guess from the arguments using the static method Message.guess_signature.

copy() -> Message (or subclass)

Deep-copy the message, resetting the serial number to zero.

get_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Get allow interactive authorization flag.

get_args_list(**kwargs) list

Return the message’s arguments. Keyword arguments control the translation of D-Bus types to Python:

Keywords
byte_arraysbool

If true, convert arrays of byte (signature ‘ay’) into dbus.ByteArray, a str subclass. In practice, this is usually what you want, but it’s off by default for consistency.

If false (default), convert them into a dbus.Array of Bytes.

Most of the type mappings should be fairly obvious:

D-Bus

Python

byte (y)

dbus.Byte (int subclass)

bool (b)

dbus.Boolean (int subclass)

Signature (g)

dbus.Signature (str subclass)

intNN, uintNN

dbus.IntNN, dbus.UIntNN (int or long subclasses)

double (d)

dbus.Double

string (s)

dbus.String (unicode subclass) (or dbus.UTF8String, bytes subclass, if utf8_strings set)

Object path (o)

dbus.ObjectPath (str subclass)

dict (a{…})

dbus.Dictionary

array (a…)

dbus.Array (list subclass) containing appropriate types

byte array (ay)

dbus.ByteArray (str subclass) if byte_arrays set; or list of Byte

struct ((…))

dbus.Struct (tuple subclass) of appropriate types

variant (v)

contained type, but with variant_level > 0

get_auto_start() bool

Return true if this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

get_destination() str or None

Return the message’s destination bus name, or None if none.

get_error_name() str or None
get_interface() str or None
get_member() str or None
get_no_reply() bool

Return true if this message need not be replied to.

get_path() ObjectPath or None

Return the message’s destination object path (if it’s a method call) or source object path (if it’s a method reply or a signal) or None (if it has no path).

get_path_decomposed() list of str, or None

Return a list of path components (e.g. /foo/bar -> [‘foo’,’bar’], / -> []) or None if the message has no associated path.

get_reply_serial() long

Returns the serial that the message is a reply to or 0 if none.

get_sender() str or None

Return the message’s sender unique name, or None if none.

get_serial() long

Returns the serial of a message or 0 if none has been specified.

The message’s serial number is provided by the application sending the message and is used to identify replies to this message. All messages received on a connection will have a serial, but messages you haven’t sent yet may return 0.

get_signature() Signature or None
get_type() int

Returns the type of the message.

static guess_signature(*args) Signature [static method]

Guess a D-Bus signature which should be used to encode the given Python objects.

The signature is constructed as follows:

Python

D-Bus

D-Bus type, variant_level > 0

variant (v)

D-Bus type, variant_level == 0

the corresponding type

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

object path

bool

boolean (y)

any other int subclass

int32 (i)

any other long subclass

int64 (x)

any other float subclass

double (d)

any other str subclass

string (s)

any other unicode subclass

string (s)

any other tuple subclass

struct ((…))

any other list subclass

array (a…), guess contents’ type according to type of first item

any other dict subclass

dict (a{…}), guess key, value type according to types for an arbitrary item

anything else

raise TypeError

has_destination(bus_name: str) bool
has_interface(interface: str or None) bool
has_member(name: str or None) bool
has_path(name: str or None) bool
has_sender(unique_name: str) bool
has_signature(signature: str) bool
is_error(error: str) bool
is_method_call(interface: str, member: str) bool
is_signal(interface: str, member: str) bool
set_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Set allow interactive authorization flag to this message.

set_auto_start(bool) None

Set whether this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

set_destination(bus_name: str or None)
set_error_name(name: str or None)
set_interface(name: str or None)
set_member(unique_name: str or None)
set_no_reply(bool) None

Set whether no reply to this message is required.

set_path(name: str or None)
set_reply_serial(bool) None

Set the serial that this message is a reply to.

set_sender(unique_name: str or None)
class dbus.lowlevel.PendingCall

Bases: object

Object representing a pending D-Bus call, returned by Connection.send_message_with_reply(). Cannot be instantiated directly.

block()

Block until this pending call has completed and the associated reply handler has been called.

This can lead to a deadlock, if the called method tries to make a synchronous call to a method in this application.

cancel()

Cancel this pending call. Its reply will be ignored and the associated reply handler will never be called.

get_completed() bool

Return true if this pending call has completed.

If so, its associated reply handler has been called and it is no longer meaningful to cancel it.

class dbus.lowlevel.SignalMessage(path: str, interface: str, method: str)

Bases: dbus.lowlevel.Message

A signal message.

append(*args, **kwargs)

Set the message’s arguments from the positional parameter, according to the signature given by the signature keyword parameter.

The following type conversions are supported:

D-Bus (in signature)

Python

boolean (b)

any object (via bool())

byte (y)

string of length 1 any integer

any integer type

any integer

double (d)

any float

object path

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

string, signature, object path

str (must be UTF-8) or unicode

dict (a{…})

any mapping

array (a…)

any iterable over appropriate objects

struct ((…))

any iterable over appropriate objects

variant

any object above (guess type as below)

Here ‘any integer’ means anything on which int() or long() (as appropriate) will work, except for basestring subclasses. ‘Any float’ means anything on which float() will work, except for basestring subclasses.

If there is no signature, guess from the arguments using the static method Message.guess_signature.

copy() -> Message (or subclass)

Deep-copy the message, resetting the serial number to zero.

get_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Get allow interactive authorization flag.

get_args_list(**kwargs) list

Return the message’s arguments. Keyword arguments control the translation of D-Bus types to Python:

Keywords
byte_arraysbool

If true, convert arrays of byte (signature ‘ay’) into dbus.ByteArray, a str subclass. In practice, this is usually what you want, but it’s off by default for consistency.

If false (default), convert them into a dbus.Array of Bytes.

Most of the type mappings should be fairly obvious:

D-Bus

Python

byte (y)

dbus.Byte (int subclass)

bool (b)

dbus.Boolean (int subclass)

Signature (g)

dbus.Signature (str subclass)

intNN, uintNN

dbus.IntNN, dbus.UIntNN (int or long subclasses)

double (d)

dbus.Double

string (s)

dbus.String (unicode subclass) (or dbus.UTF8String, bytes subclass, if utf8_strings set)

Object path (o)

dbus.ObjectPath (str subclass)

dict (a{…})

dbus.Dictionary

array (a…)

dbus.Array (list subclass) containing appropriate types

byte array (ay)

dbus.ByteArray (str subclass) if byte_arrays set; or list of Byte

struct ((…))

dbus.Struct (tuple subclass) of appropriate types

variant (v)

contained type, but with variant_level > 0

get_auto_start() bool

Return true if this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

get_destination() str or None

Return the message’s destination bus name, or None if none.

get_error_name() str or None
get_interface() str or None
get_member() str or None
get_no_reply() bool

Return true if this message need not be replied to.

get_path() ObjectPath or None

Return the message’s destination object path (if it’s a method call) or source object path (if it’s a method reply or a signal) or None (if it has no path).

get_path_decomposed() list of str, or None

Return a list of path components (e.g. /foo/bar -> [‘foo’,’bar’], / -> []) or None if the message has no associated path.

get_reply_serial() long

Returns the serial that the message is a reply to or 0 if none.

get_sender() str or None

Return the message’s sender unique name, or None if none.

get_serial() long

Returns the serial of a message or 0 if none has been specified.

The message’s serial number is provided by the application sending the message and is used to identify replies to this message. All messages received on a connection will have a serial, but messages you haven’t sent yet may return 0.

get_signature() Signature or None
get_type() int

Returns the type of the message.

static guess_signature(*args) Signature [static method]

Guess a D-Bus signature which should be used to encode the given Python objects.

The signature is constructed as follows:

Python

D-Bus

D-Bus type, variant_level > 0

variant (v)

D-Bus type, variant_level == 0

the corresponding type

anything with a __dbus_object_path__ attribute

object path

bool

boolean (y)

any other int subclass

int32 (i)

any other long subclass

int64 (x)

any other float subclass

double (d)

any other str subclass

string (s)

any other unicode subclass

string (s)

any other tuple subclass

struct ((…))

any other list subclass

array (a…), guess contents’ type according to type of first item

any other dict subclass

dict (a{…}), guess key, value type according to types for an arbitrary item

anything else

raise TypeError

has_destination(bus_name: str) bool
has_interface(interface: str or None) bool
has_member(name: str or None) bool
has_path(name: str or None) bool
has_sender(unique_name: str) bool
has_signature(signature: str) bool
is_error(error: str) bool
is_method_call(interface: str, member: str) bool
is_signal(interface: str, member: str) bool
set_allow_interactive_authorization(bool) None

Set allow interactive authorization flag to this message.

set_auto_start(bool) None

Set whether this message will cause an owner for the destination name to be auto-started.

set_destination(bus_name: str or None)
set_error_name(name: str or None)
set_interface(name: str or None)
set_member(unique_name: str or None)
set_no_reply(bool) None

Set whether no reply to this message is required.

set_path(name: str or None)
set_reply_serial(bool) None

Set the serial that this message is a reply to.

set_sender(unique_name: str or None)